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Jammu & Kashmir PSC
The Commission vide its notification No.PSC/EXM-05/27 dated 1.4.2005 invited applications
from the candidates for the Preliminary Examination of J&K Combined Competitive Examination,
2005. In response, 17116 candidates applied. The Preliminary Examination was conducted by the
Commission simultaneously at Jammu and Srinagar on 3.7.2005 at 24 centers/sub-centers, in which
15293 candidates appeared. The compulsory paper in the General Studies subject carried 150
marks for 120 questions, each question containing 1.25 marks, whereas the optional paper out of 22
subjects was carrying 300 marks for 120 questions, each question having 2.5 marks. After the
Preliminary Examination, a large number of complaints came to be made by the candidates in the
media pointing out mistakes/errors in the question papers.
In the face of complaints, the Commission on 6 July 2005 made a public announcement that the
general grievance of the candidates would be given due consideration by it while evaluating the answer
scripts. The Commission considered the issue in its meetings held on 7 July 2005, which was attended
by its Chairman, Mr. M.S.Pandit and four members, namely, M/S M.S.Khan, C.L.Banal, Ch. Bashir
Ahmed and Dr. N.A.Jan; the 5 th member Prof. B.K.Tiku was not available on the said date. The
Commission received the representations of aggrieved candidates up to 10.7.2005. For Combined
Services (Main) Examination, the Commission based on the result of Combined Competitive
(Preliminary) Examination fixed 50% and 40% of aggregate marks for the general category and reserved
category candidates respectively as the minimum qualifying marks for short-listing in the ratio of 1:13.
The Commission unanimously decided that such of the reported questions, as were admittedly
wrong, would be deleted and the marks of such deleted questions would be added pro-rata to rest of
the questions. While deciding about the modus operandi to deal with the wrong questions, the
Commission kept in view the manner in which such like situation was being dealt with by other examination
conducting bodies like Union Public Service Commission.
The Commission deleted such questions from the question papers, which according to it were
admittedly wrong or had major printing errors. The marks of excluded questions were added to the
remaining questions. On 11 July 2005, an extra-ordinary meeting was called by the Commission, in
which it was decided to prepare the result of candidates who appeared in the examination, indicating
the marks separately obtained in General Studies and Optional paper. It was also decided that
thereafter the result would be formally brought before the Commission for its approval, before the